A Terse Guide On Hiring Your First Engineering Manager

Re:A Terse Guide On Hiring Your First Engineering Manager by darkerside on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @10:39PM (#26338333)

I love simple frameworks like this. I think there is an interesting parallel with directions a manager must communicate. Up, out, and down.

Up, meaning that you are able to understand the goals and mission of the organization at a deep level, including questioning new directions to make sure you understand how they align.

Out, meaning you need to work with peers and indirect reports, leveraging relationships to get things done as a team.

Down, in that you need to hold your team accountable, or better yet, help them hold themselves accountable.

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Re:A Terse Guide On Hiring Your First Engineering Manager by debo_ on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @10:43PM (#26338354)

Thanks! If you like this stuff, I'd strongly recommend the book I linked by Alan Colquitt. It's not particularly well-written (I think it spends too much time being angry) but it's a great synthesis of a bunch of super useful modern performance management research.

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